Re: OT: babel and english
| From: | <bjm10@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 20, 2001, 14:12 |
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On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, John Cowan wrote:
> Well, I do so consider myself, and I find the explanation utterly unconvincing.
> Trying to find an explanation of the Babel story in the domain of history
> rather than poetry (broadly conceived) is like trying to figure out just
> what astronomical object might have been the Star of Bethlehem: a good
> party game, but not sober history.
I'm reminded of the efforts of some people to "discover" the "real
history" behind the Sabine Women, never realizing that it's simply the
Roman version of the same thing that became the war between the Aesir and
the Vanir further north.